Daniel Livingston Isbell, often written David Livingston Isbell.
Son of Jason Livingston Isbell Jr. ("buried Alvaton, KY") and Elizabeth Parker; grandson of Jason Livingston Isbell and Elizabeth Davidson of Warren County, Kentucky; great-grandson of Benjamin Isbell and Lettice (Hickman) Isbell.
He and his brother James were NOT brothers of pioneer settler Dr. Isaac Isbell, as some claims have stated. They were very distant cousins at best.
Sometimes confused with his brother, Davidson Ewing Isbell (Find A Grave Memorial# 114809066).
Daniel/David Livingston Isbell married Elvira Whitten and their children included
Martha Caroline Isbell 1837-1907
William Davidson ISBELL 1841/43-85
Julia A. ISBELL b: ABT 1845
James Loran ISBELL 1849/50-1913
Charles E. ISBELL b: ABT 1851
A granddaughter of David Isbell was Mary E. Isbell Gettins, author of two books published under her maiden name, including Zig-Zag Tales (Los Angeles: Gem Publishing Co., 1927). This book was comprised of stories based on family lore and local history. The first story in the book, "Two Gold Teeth," recites the family legend of how Mt. Diablo got its name. The story bears little resemblance to other versions of Mt. Diablo's etymology, but tells the story of the author's grandfather David L. Isbell who was a minor child when he was bequeathed 150 acres around Mt. Diablo from a man known only as Don Diablo, a mysterious man who even more mysteriously disappeared or was murdered. The Mt. Diablo property was left in the trust of David's father as guardian, according to the story. It was after David reached his majority and acquired the property that he stumbled upon the answer to the mysterious disappearance of Don Diablo.
In 1880 he was listed as age 69, a (gold) miner, in the census at Nevada Creek, Deer Lodge County, Montana, while his wife Elvira (Alvira) was shown in Castoria, San Joaquin Co., California, where she was listed again in 1900. Apparently he had died by 1900, whether in Montana or California is unverified but descendants said he died in San Joachim County, California. 1890 is a general approximation only.
Date of death from a Hickman Genealogy online, source not stated, was 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona, obviously confusing him with his brother Davidson Ewing Isbell who died there on this date. Eleven other family trees at Ancestry.com say the same thing.
California State Library
Pioneer Record (card catalog):
Full name of Pioneer: Daniel Livingston Isbell
Place of birth: ? 1810
If married, to whom: Elvira Whitten
… blanks
Date of Pioneer's arrival in California: Prior to 1850
Route Followed to California/ If overland, give name of party: Don't know party
States lived in before coming to California: Kentucky, Missouri
Places of residence in California: Don Padro's Bar - Stockton
Profession or occupation: Owned Eagle Hotel 1850/ Stockton, California
Where educated: Kentucky-Missouri
Place and date of death: LATHROP, CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO 1900.
Descendants: Martha Shepherd, Elizabeth Summers, Julia Phillips, Elizabeth Duncan & William D, Charles, & James Isbell.
Some family trees show his brother's date and place of death incorrectly as Daniel's: Davidson Ewing Isbell died 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Son of Jason Livingston Isbell Jr. ("buried Alvaton, KY") and Elizabeth Parker; grandson of Jason Livingston Isbell and Elizabeth Davidson of Warren County, Kentucky; great-grandson of Benjamin Isbell and Lettice (Hickman) Isbell.
He and his brother James were NOT brothers of pioneer settler Dr. Isaac Isbell, as some claims have stated. They were very distant cousins at best.
Sometimes confused with his brother, Davidson Ewing Isbell (Find A Grave Memorial# 114809066).
Daniel/David Livingston Isbell married Elvira Whitten and their children included
Martha Caroline Isbell 1837-1907
William Davidson ISBELL 1841/43-85
Julia A. ISBELL b: ABT 1845
James Loran ISBELL 1849/50-1913
Charles E. ISBELL b: ABT 1851
A granddaughter of David Isbell was Mary E. Isbell Gettins, author of two books published under her maiden name, including Zig-Zag Tales (Los Angeles: Gem Publishing Co., 1927). This book was comprised of stories based on family lore and local history. The first story in the book, "Two Gold Teeth," recites the family legend of how Mt. Diablo got its name. The story bears little resemblance to other versions of Mt. Diablo's etymology, but tells the story of the author's grandfather David L. Isbell who was a minor child when he was bequeathed 150 acres around Mt. Diablo from a man known only as Don Diablo, a mysterious man who even more mysteriously disappeared or was murdered. The Mt. Diablo property was left in the trust of David's father as guardian, according to the story. It was after David reached his majority and acquired the property that he stumbled upon the answer to the mysterious disappearance of Don Diablo.
In 1880 he was listed as age 69, a (gold) miner, in the census at Nevada Creek, Deer Lodge County, Montana, while his wife Elvira (Alvira) was shown in Castoria, San Joaquin Co., California, where she was listed again in 1900. Apparently he had died by 1900, whether in Montana or California is unverified but descendants said he died in San Joachim County, California. 1890 is a general approximation only.
Date of death from a Hickman Genealogy online, source not stated, was 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona, obviously confusing him with his brother Davidson Ewing Isbell who died there on this date. Eleven other family trees at Ancestry.com say the same thing.
California State Library
Pioneer Record (card catalog):
Full name of Pioneer: Daniel Livingston Isbell
Place of birth: ? 1810
If married, to whom: Elvira Whitten
… blanks
Date of Pioneer's arrival in California: Prior to 1850
Route Followed to California/ If overland, give name of party: Don't know party
States lived in before coming to California: Kentucky, Missouri
Places of residence in California: Don Padro's Bar - Stockton
Profession or occupation: Owned Eagle Hotel 1850/ Stockton, California
Where educated: Kentucky-Missouri
Place and date of death: LATHROP, CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO 1900.
Descendants: Martha Shepherd, Elizabeth Summers, Julia Phillips, Elizabeth Duncan & William D, Charles, & James Isbell.
Some family trees show his brother's date and place of death incorrectly as Daniel's: Davidson Ewing Isbell died 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Daniel Livingston Isbell, often written David Livingston Isbell.
Son of Jason Livingston Isbell Jr. ("buried Alvaton, KY") and Elizabeth Parker; grandson of Jason Livingston Isbell and Elizabeth Davidson of Warren County, Kentucky; great-grandson of Benjamin Isbell and Lettice (Hickman) Isbell.
He and his brother James were NOT brothers of pioneer settler Dr. Isaac Isbell, as some claims have stated. They were very distant cousins at best.
Sometimes confused with his brother, Davidson Ewing Isbell (Find A Grave Memorial# 114809066).
Daniel/David Livingston Isbell married Elvira Whitten and their children included
Martha Caroline Isbell 1837-1907
William Davidson ISBELL 1841/43-85
Julia A. ISBELL b: ABT 1845
James Loran ISBELL 1849/50-1913
Charles E. ISBELL b: ABT 1851
A granddaughter of David Isbell was Mary E. Isbell Gettins, author of two books published under her maiden name, including Zig-Zag Tales (Los Angeles: Gem Publishing Co., 1927). This book was comprised of stories based on family lore and local history. The first story in the book, "Two Gold Teeth," recites the family legend of how Mt. Diablo got its name. The story bears little resemblance to other versions of Mt. Diablo's etymology, but tells the story of the author's grandfather David L. Isbell who was a minor child when he was bequeathed 150 acres around Mt. Diablo from a man known only as Don Diablo, a mysterious man who even more mysteriously disappeared or was murdered. The Mt. Diablo property was left in the trust of David's father as guardian, according to the story. It was after David reached his majority and acquired the property that he stumbled upon the answer to the mysterious disappearance of Don Diablo.
In 1880 he was listed as age 69, a (gold) miner, in the census at Nevada Creek, Deer Lodge County, Montana, while his wife Elvira (Alvira) was shown in Castoria, San Joaquin Co., California, where she was listed again in 1900. Apparently he had died by 1900, whether in Montana or California is unverified but descendants said he died in San Joachim County, California. 1890 is a general approximation only.
Date of death from a Hickman Genealogy online, source not stated, was 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona, obviously confusing him with his brother Davidson Ewing Isbell who died there on this date. Eleven other family trees at Ancestry.com say the same thing.
California State Library
Pioneer Record (card catalog):
Full name of Pioneer: Daniel Livingston Isbell
Place of birth: ? 1810
If married, to whom: Elvira Whitten
… blanks
Date of Pioneer's arrival in California: Prior to 1850
Route Followed to California/ If overland, give name of party: Don't know party
States lived in before coming to California: Kentucky, Missouri
Places of residence in California: Don Padro's Bar - Stockton
Profession or occupation: Owned Eagle Hotel 1850/ Stockton, California
Where educated: Kentucky-Missouri
Place and date of death: LATHROP, CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO 1900.
Descendants: Martha Shepherd, Elizabeth Summers, Julia Phillips, Elizabeth Duncan & William D, Charles, & James Isbell.
Some family trees show his brother's date and place of death incorrectly as Daniel's: Davidson Ewing Isbell died 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Son of Jason Livingston Isbell Jr. ("buried Alvaton, KY") and Elizabeth Parker; grandson of Jason Livingston Isbell and Elizabeth Davidson of Warren County, Kentucky; great-grandson of Benjamin Isbell and Lettice (Hickman) Isbell.
He and his brother James were NOT brothers of pioneer settler Dr. Isaac Isbell, as some claims have stated. They were very distant cousins at best.
Sometimes confused with his brother, Davidson Ewing Isbell (Find A Grave Memorial# 114809066).
Daniel/David Livingston Isbell married Elvira Whitten and their children included
Martha Caroline Isbell 1837-1907
William Davidson ISBELL 1841/43-85
Julia A. ISBELL b: ABT 1845
James Loran ISBELL 1849/50-1913
Charles E. ISBELL b: ABT 1851
A granddaughter of David Isbell was Mary E. Isbell Gettins, author of two books published under her maiden name, including Zig-Zag Tales (Los Angeles: Gem Publishing Co., 1927). This book was comprised of stories based on family lore and local history. The first story in the book, "Two Gold Teeth," recites the family legend of how Mt. Diablo got its name. The story bears little resemblance to other versions of Mt. Diablo's etymology, but tells the story of the author's grandfather David L. Isbell who was a minor child when he was bequeathed 150 acres around Mt. Diablo from a man known only as Don Diablo, a mysterious man who even more mysteriously disappeared or was murdered. The Mt. Diablo property was left in the trust of David's father as guardian, according to the story. It was after David reached his majority and acquired the property that he stumbled upon the answer to the mysterious disappearance of Don Diablo.
In 1880 he was listed as age 69, a (gold) miner, in the census at Nevada Creek, Deer Lodge County, Montana, while his wife Elvira (Alvira) was shown in Castoria, San Joaquin Co., California, where she was listed again in 1900. Apparently he had died by 1900, whether in Montana or California is unverified but descendants said he died in San Joachim County, California. 1890 is a general approximation only.
Date of death from a Hickman Genealogy online, source not stated, was 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona, obviously confusing him with his brother Davidson Ewing Isbell who died there on this date. Eleven other family trees at Ancestry.com say the same thing.
California State Library
Pioneer Record (card catalog):
Full name of Pioneer: Daniel Livingston Isbell
Place of birth: ? 1810
If married, to whom: Elvira Whitten
… blanks
Date of Pioneer's arrival in California: Prior to 1850
Route Followed to California/ If overland, give name of party: Don't know party
States lived in before coming to California: Kentucky, Missouri
Places of residence in California: Don Padro's Bar - Stockton
Profession or occupation: Owned Eagle Hotel 1850/ Stockton, California
Where educated: Kentucky-Missouri
Place and date of death: LATHROP, CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO 1900.
Descendants: Martha Shepherd, Elizabeth Summers, Julia Phillips, Elizabeth Duncan & William D, Charles, & James Isbell.
Some family trees show his brother's date and place of death incorrectly as Daniel's: Davidson Ewing Isbell died 2 Nov 1896 at Flagstaff, Arizona.
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